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Unit 1: Introduction to Media Literacy
12 videos

Course Overview: Introduction to Media Literacy
Course Overview: Topics, Assessments, Games and Activities
Media is Everywhere
Listening: Interview with William Cowen...
Language Focus: Previewing Texts
Unlockable Achievement 1
What is Media Literacy?
Part 1: How Can we Analyze Media Messages?
Unlockable Achievement 2
Part 2: How Can we Analyze Media Messages?
Language Focus: Skimming and Scanning
Online Learning Opportunities to Extend Your Skills

8 readings

Overview of the Unit
BASIC: Can you Separate Fact from Fiction?
ADVANCED: Can you Separate Fact from Fiction?
BASIC: Debate over Free Press in Ukraine Suffers from Old Stereotypes
ADVANCED: Debate over Free Press in Ukraine Suffers from Old Stereotypes
Game: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
Supplemental Reading: More to it! Media Literacy
Supplemental Reading: Make up your Own Mind. These Mobile News Apps Can Help.

12 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: William Cowen Interview
Unit 1 Assessment 1: Self-Assessment of Media Literacy Skills
Check Your Understanding: *Can you Separate Fact from Fiction?*
Check Your Understanding: *Debate over Free Press in Ukraine Suffers from Old Stereotypes*
Game 1: Preview the Text
Value Affirmation Activity
Game 2: Skimming and Scanning
Game 3: Vocabulary Practice
Check Your Understanding: *More to it! Media Literacy*
Game: Review Previewing a Text
Check Your Understanding: *Make up your Own Mind. These Mobile News Apps Can Help.*
Game: Review Skimming and Scanning

1 discussion prompt

Assessment 2: Family/Friend Media Usage Interview Findings
Unit 2: Types of Media: Traditional vs. Social
11 videos

What is Traditional Media?
What is Social Media?
Unlockable Achievement 3
Language Focus - Comparative Adjectives
Overcoming Bias: The Power of Social Media
Using Social Media to Support Causes
Language Focus - Reductions
Part 1: The Reliability of Social Media (Editing/Doctoring Content)
Unlockable Achievement 4
Part 2: The Reliability of Social Media (Credibility)
The Language of New Media

9 readings

Overview of the Unit
Study Finds Most Americans Get News from Social Media
BASIC: 5 Ways Social Media Helps Syrian Refugees
ADVANCED: 5 Ways Social Media Helps Syrian Refugees
Real or Not? Snowboarder's Video in Question
Game: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
EU Piles Pressure on Social Media Over Fake News
Supplemental Reading: The Town that Runs on Twitter
Supplemental Reading: It's about How you Communicate your Message

12 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: *Study Finds Most Americans Get News from Social Media*
Check Your Understanding: *5 Ways Social Media Helps Syrian Refugees*
Check Your Understanding: *Real or Not? Snowboarder's Video in Question*
Game 1: Categorize each Media Example with Its Type (Traditional or Social)
Game 2: Replace the Adjective with a Comparative Form
Game 3: Choose the Correct Reduced Form
Game 4: Vocabulary Review: Fill in the Blank
Checking Your Understanding: *EU Piles Pressure on Social Media Over Fake News*
Check Your Understanding: *The Town that Runs on Twitter*
Game: Grammar Practice - Reductions
Check Your Understanding: *It's about How you Communicate your Message*
Game: Identify the Positive Aspects of Social Media from the Sentence Bank

1 peer review

Unit 2 Assessment 1: Compare Traditional and Social Media

1 discussion prompt

Assessment 2: Tweet
Unit 3: Advertising
14 videos

What is Advertising?
Thinking Critically about Advertisements
How do Advertisers Target Audiences?
Listening: Interview with Nancy Bollinger
Unlockable Achievement 5
Language Focus - Order of Adjectives
Features of a Print Advertisement
Features of Radio and Television Advertisements
Language Focus - Intensifiers (Normal vs. Strong Adjectives)
Using the Internet to Advertise
Analyzing Advertisements
Sample Analysis of an Advertisement
Unlockable Achievement 6
Unlockable Achievement 7

9 readings

Overview of the Unit
AI Cameras Aim to Guess Shopper’s Age, Sex and Mood
BASIC: Internet Ads Outpace Print for First Time
ADVANCED: Internet Ads Outpace Print for First Time
Nielsen's, Sina Weibo Team Up for Closer Look at Chinese Social Media
Written Assessment Instructions and Model Answer
Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
Digital Ads, Social Media Hide Political Campaign Messaging
New TV Advertisements Shock Viewers

11 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: Interview with Nancy Bollinger
Check Your Understanding: *AI Cameras Aim to Guess Shopper’s Age, Sex and Mood*
Unit 3 Assessment 1: Advertising, thinking critically about ads, and targeting audiences
Check Your Understanding: *Internet Ads Outpace Print for First Time*
Game 1: Match the Target Audience with the Product
Game 2: Put the Adjectives in the Correct Order
Game 3: Choose the Correct Intensifier
Check Your Understanding: *Nielsen's, Sina Weibo Team Up for Closer Look at Chinese Social Media*
Check Your Understanding: *Digital Ads, Social Media Hide Political Campaign Messaging*
Bonus Game: Intensifier Use
Check Your Understanding: *New TV Advertisements Shock Viewers*

1 peer review

Unit 3 Assessment 2: Written Analysis of Advertisement
Bias in the Media
13 videos

How Are Media Messages Created and Shared?
What is Media Bias?
Unlockable Achievement 8
PART 1: Language Focus- Expressing Opinions using Modals (should, must, could, might)
PART 2: Language Focus- Expressing Opinions using Modals (should, must, could, might)
Bias by Omission
Unlockable Achievement 9
Bias by Placement
Language Focus - Connotation vs. Denotation
Bias by Spin
Overcoming Bias
Overview for Unit 4 Assessment 2 and Sample Bias Analysis
Unlockable Achievement 10

8 readings

Overview of the Unit
BASIC: For the Press, Elections are a Test of Accountability
ADVANCED: For the Press, Elections are a Test of Accountability
Are Facebook’s Trending Topics Unfair?
Instructions for Peer-reviewed Unit 4 Written Assessment 2
Game: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
Supplemental Reading: Are Biased Sources Replacing Standard News Networks in America?
Facebook Checks Its Bias

9 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: *For the Press, Elections are a Test of Accountability*
Check Your Understanding: *Are Facebook’s Trending Topics Unfair?*
Game 1: Choose the Correct Modal
Game 2: Denotations and Connotations
Game 3: Identifying Negative Connotations
Check Your Understanding: *Are Biased Sources Replacing News Networks?*
Game: Bias by Omission, Placement, or Spin?
Game: Positive/Neutral and Negative Connotations
Check Your Understanding: *Facebook Checks Its Bias*

1 peer review

Unit 4 Assessment 2: Peer-Reviewed Media Bias

1 discussion prompt

Unit 4 Assessment 1: Opinions on Media Sources
Diversity and the Media
11 videos

What is Diversity?
Why is it Important for the Media to be Diverse?
Unlockable Achievement 11
Language Focus: Using Negatives (not, no, never, hardly ever)
Race and Ethnicity in the Media
Culture in the Media
Women in the Media
Unlockable Achievement 12
Language Focus: Transitions
Diversity and Identity
Course Conclusion

12 readings

Overview of the Unit
BASIC: Minorities See Improvement, Demand More Diversity on US Television
ADVANCED: Minorities See Improvement, Demand more Diversity on US Television
Study Examines Racial Bias in US Sports Reporting
Report: Americans Know Little about Native Americans
UN to Advertisers: Go Beyond the Female Stereotypes
BASIC: Social Media Highlights Sexism in Olympics Coverage
ADVANCED: Social Media Highlights Sexism in Olympics Coverage
Rising Number of Chinese, Asian Faces in Hollywood
Game: Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
Supplemental Reading: Women Journalists Keep the News Coming
Supplemental Reading: Giving Voice to Sesame Street's First Afghan Muppet

13 quizzes

Check Your Understanding: *Minorities See Improvement, Demand more Diversity on US Television*
Unit 5 Assessment 1: True or False: Media Diversity
Check Your Understanding: *Study Examines Racial Bias in US Sports Reporting*
Check Your Understanding: *Report: Americans Know Little about Native Americans*
Checking Your Understanding: *UN to Advertisers: Go Beyond the Female Stereotypes*
Check Your Understanding: *Social Media Highlights Sexism in Olympics Coverage*
Checking Your Understanding: *Rising Number of Chinese, Asian Faces in Hollywood*
Game 1: Choose the Correct Negative for the Sentence
Game 2: Choose the Correct Transition
Game 3: Vocabulary Review
Check Your Understanding: *Women Journalists Keep the News Coming*
Check Your Understanding: *Giving Voice to Sesame Street's First Afghan Muppet*
Game: Review: Transitions in a Text

1 peer review

Unit 5 Assessment 2: How Different Groups are Depicted in the Media

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